Personal Statement
Hi, My name is Lachie Parsons. As of current I am 17 years old (currently) and in my last year of High School, studying in New Zealand. What makes me different from others is how new I am to the sport. I've only picked up running very recently and I am coming up to reaching my first year of running, however I have a huge passion for the sport and want to see just how fast I can go, What barriers I can break and to truly see what I am capable of.
2022 Was a rough year for me, I wasn't able to complete my education for that year due to poor mental health. However at the start of this year I decided that I wasn't going to repeat the year that i missed, and that I was just going to dive straight first into the next big challenge. I wanted to prove to myself that If I apply my self I can achieve some amazing things, and so far I'm right, or so my grades for this year tell me.
I aim to achieve a great collegiate education in a background of medical/health sciences, which will provide me with many pathways that I can choose from at the end of my degree. I aspire to break as many of the barriers in middle distance running that I can through being coached at an awesome track and field program and see just how far running can take me, whilst meeting like minded people who will help me give that extra 1% everyday.